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China: 3 Set themselves on fire.

"Three ethnic Tibetans set themselves on fire in Sichuanprovince on Friday, according to a rights group reportover the weekend that if correct would bring the totalnumber of self-immolations to 20 in less than a year.The self-immolations are said to be in protest of Beijing'spolicies toward Tibetan culture and religion, which critics describe as ranging from repressive to brutal. Chineseofficials regularly blame the protests on plots by outsideagitators led by the Dalai lama."

A rights group says a 19-year-old Tibetan monk has set himself on fire in Western china, the latest in a series of 20 self-immolations protesting China's handling of its vast ethnicTibetan regions. The London-based International Campaign for Tibet said Lobsang Gyatso set himself ablaze in Aba on Monday. The group said security forces beat Gyatso while extinguishing the flames, then took him away. It was not clear if he survived.

HOW DESPERATE would you have to be to set yourself on fire?Since 2008 the situation inside Tibet has gotten more repressive.Religious freedoms have been further restricted and Tibetans are feeling more and more desperate to draw theworld's attention to the Chinese repression inside Tibet.In their homeland, Tibetans face political repression, forced cultural assimilation, economic marginalization and environmental destruction. This has pushed some Tibetans to the brink.Since February of 2009, over 30 Tibetans have set themselves on fire as a means of protesting without harming others.

The latest self-immolations bring to 44 the number ofTibetans who have burned themselves in protest againstChinese rule and to demand the return of the Dalai Lamasince the raging protests began in Feburary 2009.

Two teenage Tibetans, a monk and a layperson who werebelieved to be cousins, set themselves on fireAugust 27. These were the 50th and 51st self-immolations since ayoung monk set fire to himself on February 27, 2009.

112 Tibetans are known to have self-immolated inthe PRC since Feruary 27, 2009.

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"On April 24,2013, two youths, Lobsang Dawa,20, and Kunchok Wser, 23, lit themselves on fire near their monastery in eastern Tibet. The toll of Tibetans who have chosen to self-immolate has now reached 117, one of the highest in recent world history. The prime cause of this tragedy is the profound resentment of and resistance to China's continued occupation and repression in Tibet."

121 Tibetans are known to have self-immolated in Tibet since February 27, 2009, with 120 of the self-immolations occuring since march 16, 2011. This total includes 102 men and 19 women, 83 percent of whom have died following their protest.

source: Tibet Press Watch(International Campaign For Tibet)

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